(72).jpg) Riccio
Shines as Delaware Football Concludes
Spring Drills with Blue-White
Scrimmage
DATE:
April 30, 2005
NEWARK, DE
-- Senior quarterback Sonny Riccio (right)
completed 13 of 20 passes for 114 yards
and a touchdown and was the game's leading
rusher with 36 yards as the University of
Delaware football team concluded spring
drills with the annual Blue-White Spring
Scrimmage Saturday afternoon at rainy
Delaware Stadium.
The Blue
team (offense) and White team (defense)
played to a 50-50 tie based on a modified
scoring system in which the offense earned
six points for a touchdown and two points
for each first down. The defense earned
four points for a change of possession and
six points for forcing a turnover.
The
scrimmage, which consisted of four
offensive segments along with work on punt
protection, punt returns, and kickoff
returns, lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes and
was played before approximately 750 fans.
"The theme
all spring has been to compete," said
fourth-year head coach K.C. Keeler, whose
team wrapped up a month of spring practice
drills with the game. "I was pleased with
the way we competed today. This team has
gotten so much better in terms of where we
started back in early April and where we
finished today. It's exciting to see that.
A lot of young players made great strides
this spring which is important because if
we hope to have any success at all this
fall, we are going to need some big
contributions from those young
players."
The Blue
team, which gained 263 total yards and had
15 first downs, tied the score on the
final two plays of the scrimmage as
redshirt freshman Jarryd Moyer threw a
seven-yard scoring toss to fellow redshirt
freshman Jon Heydt then hit redshirt
freshman Armand Cauthen for the two-point
conversion.
Riccio,
who hit on 13 of 20 passes for 114 yards
and carried five times for 36 yards,
started the scoring with a 44-yard
touchdown pass to senior Joe Bleymaier on
the first series of the day. The Blue
later got a 38-yard field goal from
sophomore kicker John Nauss.
Junior
Ryan Carty hit on 7 of 14 passes for 50
yards while Moyer finished hitting 5 of 11
passes for 36 yards, one touchdown, and
one interception. Sophomore running Omar
Cuff carried nine times for 21 yards while
freshman Danny Jones gained 21 yards on a
game-high 11 carries.
Defensively
for the White team, redshirt freshman
Emanuel Beneby gathered in the only
interception of the game while senior
All-American defensive tackle Tom Parks
and redshirt freshman Jim Casertano each
recorded a quarterback sack. Senior
linebacker John Mulhern and junior
defensive back Zach Thomas each had a
game-high eight tackles on the day.
AGATE:
Final
Score: Blue - 50, White -
50
Scoring
Summary:
Blue - Joe Bleymaier 44 pass from
Sonny Riccio (John Nauss kick)
Blue - FG John Nauss 38
Blue - Jon Heydt 7 pass from Jarryd Moyer
(Armand Cauthen pass from Moyer)
Attendance: 750
Team
Statistics: First Downs - 15 (7
rush, 8 pass); Rushing: 33 for 63
yards; Passing: 25 of 45 for 200
yards, 1 Interception; 2 Touchdowns;
Total Offense: 78 plays for 263 yards;
Fumbles: 0 for 0; Penalties;
Blue - 3 for 15, White - 2 for 10;
Punts: 8 for 42.5 avg.;
Interceptions: White - 1 for 20;
Sacks: White - 2 for 17.
Individual
Statistics: Rushing - Sonny Riccio, 5
carries for 36 yards; Omar Cuff, 9-21,
Danny Jones, 11-21, Jeff Thompson, 1-3, ,
Anthony Cinelli, 1-1, Ryan Carty, 3- (-6),
Jarryd Moyer, 2-(-13)
Passing
- Riccio, 13 of 20 for 114 yards, 0
Int., 1 TD; Carty, 7-14-50-0-0, Moyer,
5-11-36-1-1
Receiving:
Joe Bleymaier, 4-71, David Boler, 4-19,
Kervin Michaud, 4-32, Armand Cauthen,
3-23, Cuff, 3-12, Jon Heydt, 3-25, Brian
Ingram, 2-12, Aaron Love, 1-2, Jones,
1-4
Interceptions:
Emanuel Beneby, 1-20
Sacks:
Tom Parks, 1-9, Jim Casertano,
1-8
Leading
Tacklers: John Mulhern - 8, Zach
Thomas - 8, Marquez Davis - 6, Rashaad
Woodard -5, Kyle Campbell - 5, Demetrius
Alexander - 5.
- DDD
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